How to See Carders vs. Cardinals Thursday Night Football Tonight

Nick Bosa of the San Francisco 49ers celebrates after getting a sack against the Panthers last Sunday.

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During the NFL season in Week 9, only two teams remain unbeaten, and one of these teams will be in action on Thursday night. After the San Francisco 49ers had to face the Panthers on Sunday, they return to the field on Thursday to play Kyler Murray, the newly acquired Kenyan Drake, and the Arizona Cardinals. Led by an impressive defense, the Niners would join the Patriots – who led the Browns on Sunday to bring his 300th career victory to coach Bill Belichick – and celebrate at least one more victory over the NFC week 8-0.

And there are more ways than ever to pursue the city's only NFL game tonight. Today's game starts at 20:20. ET on Fox, the NFL Network, Twitch, Yahoo and Amazon Prime Video . Cable cutters will be able to watch football without cable on Thursday night – as well as the remaining NFL games this season on Monday night and Sunday.

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Watching Fox (and How to Get 4K)

Fox's Thursday Night Football broadcast can be streamed on Live TV Streaming Services which is your local Fox Station (see below). as well as via antenna, cable or satellite.

New for 2019 is the ability to watch Thursday Night Football in 4K. Traditional cable and satellite companies such as DirecTV, Altice's Optimum, Comcast's Xfinity, Verizon Fios and T-Mobile's TVision offer all 4K versions of the game if you have a compatible set-top Own a box. In addition, the FuboTV streaming service allows subscribers to watch in higher resolution on most 4K streaming devices.

The disadvantage? The game itself is not a native 4K stream. Instead, it is produced in 1080p with HDR and then upconverted to 4K HDR.

The Fox Sports app (not to be confused with the Fox Sports Go app) also transmits the game in 4K on the Apple TV 4K and certain 4K Roku devices, but you will need to register by a cable, satellite, or live TV streaming provider to access the stream in the app.

What about Amazon Prime Video?

In addition to Fox and the NFL network, Amazon broadcasts the game live to Prime Video subscribers. Thankfully, you'll need the Prime Video app, which is thankfully available on most TVs and mobile devices, including Chromecast for transferring from a phone or tablet to a TV.

When you air on Amazon, you can choose to hear Joe Buck and Troy Aikman from Fox over the phone, or switch to a Hannes Storm and Andrea Kremer broadcast team. The Scottish and Irish channels Derek Rae and Tommy Smyth, who previously called ESPN football, will also be an option.

Features such as X-Ray, which the NFL's Next Gen Stats will provide, will be available for those watching on Android and iOS or Fire TV.

And then, twitching?

People without prime or subscription to a video service can stream the Thursday Night Football Fox broadcast on Twitch for free on the channel / prime video of the streaming service. In addition to the official program, Twitch fans can view the co-streams with a variety of site personalities on their respective twitch channels. For a complete list of co-streams for each Twitch game, visit Twitch's blog.

How can I watch my local team's NFL games?

For teams in your local market – Steelers fans in Pittsburgh, Dolphins fans in Miami, etc. – you can watch your local team's games on a large local network channel.

Games are usually aired on CBS and Fox on Sunday afternoons. National broadcasts will air on NBC on Sunday night, on ESPN on Monday night and on NFL Network on Thursday night. Most games on Thursday night are simultaneously broadcast on Fox, Amazon Prime and Twitch. (Note that CBS is the parent company of CNET.)

There's also NFL RedZone to consider, a channel that comes to life each fall and live coverage from across the league with the promise to give you every touchdown of every sunday afternoon show. This is a great way to see off-market action and essential content for fantasy football GMs.

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Which live TV streaming services are best for NFL fans?

The short answer? PlayStation Vue is our # 1 top player for streaming live NFL football. In January 2020 it will be dark but until then football fans can still subscribe and watch.

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The Longer Answer: Many live TV streaming services – too Vue as AT & T TV Now FuboTV, Hulu with Live TV and YouTube TV – carry one or more local networks (namely CBS, Fox and NBC) So you are the best choice for Cable Cutters who do not want to use Radio Antenna .

The catch is that not every service performs any local network so check each using the following links to make sure it leads the desired network in your region.

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PlayStation Vue offers all the networks that display NFL games, and you can add the NFL RedZone channel for $ 10 per month. The $ 55 Core Plan is the cheapest option that includes the five channels that NFL fans need – CBS, Fox, NBC, ESPN, and NFL Network – and the $ 10-a-month sports package brings you NFL RedZone. As mentioned above, Vue will be shut down in January, but until then it's still available.

Sling TV is splitting its live NFL options into a blue plan for $ 25 a month and an orange plan for $ 25 a month, forcing NFL fans to make a difficult decision or encouraging both options for 40 USD per month.

Sling Blue includes Thursday and Sunday games on NBC, Fox and the NFL Network. Sling Orange includes Monday evening games on ESPN. And if you want to add the NFL RedZone, you need Sling Blue. Subscribers to Blue, but not Orange, can add the $ 10 worth of sports extra package that includes NFL RedZone. Sling TV does not offer CBS, which usually broadcasts AFC games on Sunday afternoons.

Sling packages receive a 40% discount in the first month.

Hulu with live TV costs $ 45 a month and includes CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN, but not NFL Network or RedZone.

YouTube TV costs $ 50 a month and includes CBS, Fox, NBC and ESPN, but not NFL Network or RedZone.

FuboTV costs $ 55 a month and includes CBS, Fox, NBC and NFL Network, but not ESPN. They will miss football on ESPN on Monday night, but will receive the games on Sunday afternoon (CBS and Fox), Sunday night (NBC) and Thursday night (NFL Network). The $ 9-per-month Sport Plus package adds NFL RedZone.

CBS All Access costs $ 6 a month and allows you to watch AFC matchups on Sunday afternoons. This is a good supplement for Sling TV subscribers who do not receive CBS.

Prime Video is broadcasting the games of Thursday Night Football, which will be simultaneously broadcast on Fox. The Prime Video games are also streamed live on the Amazon Twitch, which means you do not need Amazon Prime membership to stream football on Thursday night.

Stream live on your phone with NFL Mobile and Yahoo App.

In previous years, only Verizon Wireless subscribers could use the NFL Mobile App to play games live on their phones. Now anyone can receive a live NFL stream on a phone, regardless of the mobile service provider. You can only watch TV on your phone and only see local in-market games and national broadcasts on Thursday, Sunday and Monday evenings.

National and local games are also streamed in the Yahoo and Yahoo Sports App.

Originally released earlier this year. Updated regularly with the latest game details.